Genus Pigmentiphaga
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Pigmentiphaga Blümel et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pigmentiphaga kullae Blümel et al. 2001.
Etymology: L. n. pigmentum, dye; Gr. n. phagos, eater, glutton; N.L. fem. n. Pigmentiphaga, eating dyes.
Valid publication: BLÜMEL (S.), MARK (B.), BUSSE (H.J.), KÄMPFER (P.) and STOLZ (A.): Pigmentiphaga kullae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Alcaligenaceae with the ability to decolorize azo dyes aerobically. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1867-1871.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Pigmentiphaga Blümel et al. 2001 emend. Yoon et al. 2007.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), KIM (W.) and OH (T.K.): Pigmentiphaga daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a dye works, and emended description of the genus Pigmentiphaga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1188-1191.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pigmentiphaga aceris Lee 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SAP-32=KCTC 52619=DSM 104039.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LT719155.
Etymology: L. gen. n. aceris, of acer, isolated from Acer pictum Thunb.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: LEE, S. D. 2017. Pigmentiphaga aceris sp. nov., isolated from tree sap. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3198-3202.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pigmentiphaga daeguensis Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K110 = JCM 14330 = KCTC 12838.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF100696.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. daeguensis, of Daegu, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), KIM (W.) and OH (T.K.): Pigmentiphaga daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a dye works, and emended description of the genus Pigmentiphaga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1188-1191.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pigmentiphaga kullae Blümel et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K24 = CCUG 47266 = DSM 13608 = NCIMB 13708.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF282916.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. kullae, of Kulla, in honor of Hans G. Kulla, who initiated the work about the aerobic degradation of azo dyes by bacteria, which resulted in the isolation of strain K24.
Valid publication: BLÜMEL (S.), MARK (B.), BUSSE (H.J.), KÄMPFER (P.) and STOLZ (A.): Pigmentiphaga kullae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Alcaligenaceae with the ability to decolorize azo dyes aerobically. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1867-1871.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pigmentiphaga litoralis Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JSM 061001 = CCTCC AA207034 = KCTC 22165.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU583723.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore.
Valid publication: CHEN (Y.G.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), HUANG (K.), TANG (S.K.), CAO (Y.), SHI (J.X.), XIAO (H.D.), CUI (X.L.) and LI (W.J.): Pigmentiphaga litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 521-525.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Pigmentiphaga soli Lee et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BS12=JCM 17666=KCTC 23577.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF806521.
Etymology: L. neut. gen. n. soli, of soil, the source of the organism.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 4299–4305.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Lee, J.-J., Srinivasan, S. and Kim, M. K. 2011. Pigmentiphaga soli sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from soil. J. Microbiol. 49, 857-861.
Effective publication Online